Court-ordered NFTs and the importance of Web3 randomness: Nifty Newsletter
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s Nifty Newsletter. Keep reading to stay up-to-date with the latest stories on nonfungible...
Blockchain News
dYdX publishes its open-source code in anticipation of phased mainnet launch
Crypto exchange dYdX has published the open source code for its new Cosmos-based network of the same name, according to...
Tracking stolen crypto — How blockchain analysis helps recover funds
Amid the rapid evolution of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the broader Web3 landscape, security is of paramount importance. New threats...
NY sues crypto firms, FTX’s Nishad faces 75 years in jail, and Grayscale…
Top Stories This Week Grayscale files for new spot Bitcoin ETF on NYSE Arca Major cryptocurrency investment firm Grayscale Investments...
Web3 game project allegedly hired actors to pose as executives in $1.6M exit scam
On Oct. 10, the development team for gaming project FinSoul carried out an alleged exit scam, siphoning away $1.6 million...
Why the 2024 Bitcoin halving may play out differently than in the past
The impact of the Bitcoin halving on crypto prices is often overestimated, and the next halving, set for April 2024,...
Blockchain innovation or dangerous house of cards? – Cointelegraph Magazine
Ethereum restaking — proposed by middleware protocol EigenLayer — is a controversial innovation over the past year that has some...
Fantom Foundation hot wallet hacked for $550K
The Fantom Foundation, the developer of the Fantom network, has been hacked for over $550,000 worth of cryptocurrency. The foundation...
ZK-focused Manta Pacific opts out of OP Stack for Polygon CDK
Manta, a blockchain network focusing on zero-knowledge (ZK) applications, will migrate its software from OP Stack to Polygon CDK, according...
Caroline Ellison speaks on FTX-Binance war: Hodler’s Digest, Oct.
Top Stories This Week Caroline Ellison wanted to step down but feared a bank run on FTX Caroline Ellison, former...
European regulators assess DeFi risks, Uniswap launches Android wallet: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
What is blockchain network congestion?
Blockchain network congestion, explained Blockchain network congestion refers to a situation where the number of transactions exceeds the network’s capacity,...
Trader swaps 131K stablecoins for $0 during USDR depeg
During the crisis on Oct. 11 involving real-estate-backed U.S. dollar stablecoin Real USD (USDR), a trader appears to have swapped...
CoinMarketCap launches ChatGPT plugin
Crypto data aggregator CoinMarketCap, owned by crypto exchange Binance, has created a novel plugin for the large-language model (LLM)-based AI...
Binance freezes Hamas-linked accounts after Israeli request
Crypto exchange Binance has frozen accounts linked to Hamas militants as per requests from Israeli law enforcement.According to an Oct....
Chinese government-owned newspaper to launch NFT platform
China Daily, an English-language newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, wants to create its very...
Ripple CTO seeks community consensus for XRPL AMM feature adoption
Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz has advocated for XRP Ledger (XRPL) validators to support an automated market maker (AMM)...
What is finality in blockchain, and why does it matter?
Understanding finality in blockchain Finality in blockchain refers to the unchangeable confirmation of a transaction or a block of transactions.In...
September sets 2023 exploit record, and DAOs can democratize science: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Friend.tech copycat Stars Arena patches exploit after some funds drained
The Stars Arena Web3 social media app on Avalanche has lost some of its funds due to a malicious attack,...
Hong Kong Stock Exchange launches settlement platform powered by smart contracts
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), the operator of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Futures Exchange,...
Ecosystem developers bring Bitcoin to Cosmos network
Osmosis, the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) on Cosmos, will be bringing Bitcoin (BTC) to the namesake inter-blockchain communications (IBC) protocol...
